Can we live forever?: a sociological and moral inquiry

by Turner, Bryan S.

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Title Statements

Full title :Can we live forever? : a sociological and moral inquiry / Bryan S. Turner.

Summary

"Can We Live Forever?' addresses the modern debate about the Life Extension Project that results from revolutions (actual and predicted) in bio-medicine, transplantation, cosmetic surgery, genetic counseling, stem cell research, cryonics, cloning and so forth that cumulatively promise to deliver eternal life or at least 'prolongevity'. In an engaging and thought-provoking work, the author traces the rise of the Life Extension Project and its claims against an intellectual background of recent analyses of 'waste', sustainable environments and complexity theory.

Although there has been much discussion of increasing life expectancy, this book looks at a range of additional issues: the religious implications of life extension; the psychological consequences, such as ennui; the negative global social and economic factors; the problems of intergenerational justice. The possible benefits and adverse consequences of living forever are fully explored in this illuminating text, offering substance to social scientists working on ageing and demographic change, philosophers interested in questions of continuity and identity, theologians concerned with secular changes in the life course, as well as the general reader."--Pub. desc.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Anthem Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:162 pages ; : 32 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781843317807, 184331780X, 9781843317944, 184331794X
oclc:ocn317470911
LC Classification:HQ1061
Dewey Decimal:305.2601/12

Longevity and the population debate -- The social utopia of human perfection -- Ancient and modern techniques of longevity -- The political economy of ageing -- The moral and spiritual character of old age -- Vulnerability and the ethic of care -- Towards a new paradigm of ageing -- The aesthetics of ageing.

Subjects

Aging -- Social aspects Altern Ethik Langlebigkeit Longévité -- Aspect moral Longévité -- Aspect social Longevity -- ethics Longevity -- Moral and ethical aspects Longevity -- Social aspects Longeýÿviteýÿ -- Aspect moral Longeýÿviteýÿ -- Aspect social Longeýÿviteýÿ -- Deýÿontologie meýÿdica… Vieillissement -- Aspect social